It was her happy lot in peace to dwell -
Would change make better what was now so well?
But she would ponder.” “This,” he said, “was kind;”
And begg’d to know “when she had fix’d her mind.
Romantic maidens would have scorn’d the air,
And the cool prudence of a mind so fair;
But well it pleased this wiser maid to find
Her own mild virtues in her lover’s mind.
His worldly wealth she sought, and quickly grew
Pleased with her search, and happy in the view